VS Code is a flagship product from Microsoft. Relying on “we try our best to push fixes as soon as possible” for a global opt-out setting feels below the engineering standards we’d expect. This should be fail-safe by design, not best-effort.
Everything in the world is best-effort at best. People who tell you otherwise about their pridhct are just lying to you. Do you prefer being lied to? Criticizing people for being honest about it is a good way to be lied to more.
I’d rather someone say “we architected this poorly and are working to fix the design” than “things slip through sometimes, report them when you find them.” The former is honest AND shows they understand the problem. The latter treats a design flaw as an acceptable steady state.
Being honest about shipping bugs is good. Being honest that you’ve designed a system where the same category of bug will keep happening? That deserves criticism, not praise for honesty.
I have a suspicion that someone holds worldwide patents on multi timers with repetitions and notifications (audio and vibration).
Thats the only explanation I have to explain the dire state of the built in timers on iphones and the free apps available on the app store. And no, I’m not going to pay $$$ per month for the premium apps.
And don’t even get me started on the PITA it is to make a web app to do the same (useful for runners) - you would think it would be a simple thing todo? Have a go and let me know if it doesn't break your balls.
There are a lot of successive/repeat timer apps on the stores it's mostly catered to either people with ADHD or people timing their workouts. I don't understand why no one includes it in the standard clock apps especially how often they redesign/rewrite them.
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